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1 Rouble - Pyotr III Pattern, Cruciform monograms
| Issuer | Saint Petersburg Mint |
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| Year | 1762 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#Pn32, Bit#40, Conros#509/12 |
| Obverse description | Armored bust of Peter III facing right, with short curled hair, wearing a cuirass with decorative shoulder armor. The emperor's effigy is rendered in a bold baroque style with fine detail to the drapery and armor. A Cyrillic legend encircles the portrait along the rim, reading the full imperial titulature. The mintmark СПБ (Saint Petersburg) appears within the legend. The field is smooth and slightly concave. |
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| Reverse script | Cyrillic |
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Peter III's reign lasted just six months before Catherine II's coup in July 1762 ended it — and him. Pattern coinage from this reign is extraordinarily rare precisely because so little production infrastructure was committed to a tsar whose hold on power was always precarious. The cruciform monogram design was among several competing proposals that never advanced to circulation strikes.
Bitkin records only a handful of confirmed specimens for this type.